Order 21.— CARYOPHYLLACE^E. 257 



less ; stamens 10; styles 5 ; capsule 1-celled, opening at the top by 5 



teeth. — CD and ©. Erect, hairy, dichotomous. 



A Githago. A well known, handsome weed, growing in fields of wheat or 

 other grains, and of a pale green color. St. 2 to 3f high, forked above. Lvs. 

 linear, long (3 to 5'), fringed with long hairs. Fls. few, large, of a dull purple, on 

 long, naked stalks. Sds. roundish, angular, purplish-black, injurious to tho white- 

 ness of the flour. Jl. § Eur. 



5. LYCHNIS, L. (Gr. Xvxvog, a lamp; some cottony species having 

 been used as lamp-wick.) Calyx bractless, tubular, oblong or ovoid, 

 limb of 5 short lobes, persistent ; petals 5, entire or cleft, mostly 

 crowned ; stamens 10 ; styles 5 ; capsule more or less 5-celled at base, 

 opening by 5 to 10 teeth. — Handsome perennials, cultivated. 



§ Fls. perfect,— Petals entire or 2-parted Hc-s. 1, 3 



— Petals laciniate, or 4-paited No*. 3, 4 



§ Flowers dioceious. Petals 2-lobed Nos. 5, 6 



1 L. coronaria DC. Mullein Pink. Rose Campion. Villous; st. di- 

 chotomous; ped. long, \-ftowered ; cal. campanulas, veined; pel broad, entire. — 

 Native of Italy. "Whole plant covered with dense wool. St. 2f high. Fla 

 purple, large. Varieties are white-flowered, red double-flowered, etc. f . 



2 L. Chalceddnica L. Scarlet Lychnis or Sweet "William. Smoothish ; 

 fls. fasciculate ; cal. cylindric, clavate, ribbed; pet. 2-lobed. — A fine garden flower, 

 native of Russia. St. 1 to 2f high, with dark green, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate 

 lvs., and large, terminal, convex, dense fascicles of deep-scarlet flowers. It has 

 varieties of white fls. and also with double. Jn., Jl. f . 



3 L. Floscuculi L. Ragged Robin. Smoothish ; st. ascending, dichotomous 

 at summit; fls. fascicled ; cal. campanulate, 10-ribbed; pet. in 4 deep, linear seg- 

 ments. — Native of Europe. St. 1 to 2f high, rough angled, viscid above. Lva 

 lanceolate, smooth. Fls. pink, very beautiful, with a brown, angular, smooth 

 calyx. Caps, roundish, 1-celled. JL, Sept. f 



4 L. coronata L. Chinese Lychnis. Smooth ; fls. terminal and axillary, 1 to 

 3 ; cal. rounded, clavate, ribbed ; pet. laciniate. — Native of China. St. 1 to 2f 

 high. Petals of lively red, remarkable for their large size. There are varieties 

 with double red and double white flowers, f . 



5 L. diurna L. St. dichotomous-paniculate ; fls. $ 5 ; petals half-bifid, lobes 

 narrow, diverging; caps, ovoid- globous. — Native of Britain, almost naturalized. 

 Sts. about 2f high, pubescent. Lvs. 1 to 3' long, elliptic-ovate, acute. Fls. light- 

 purple, middle size. 



6 L. dioica L. Dioecious ; st" dichotomous-paniculate ; petals half-bifid, the 

 lobes broad, approximating ; caps, conical. — Hardy at tho South. St. 2f high, 

 hoary-pubescent. Lvs. lance-ovate, acuminate, 1 to 2' long. Fls. white, middle- 

 size. Jn. — Aug. f Eur. 



6. CERASTIUM, L. Mouse-ear Chick-weed. (Gr. tcepag, a horn ; 

 from the resemblance of the capsule of some of the species.) Calyx of 

 5, ovate, acute sepals; corolla of 5, bifid petals; stamens 10, some- 

 times 5 or 4, the alternate ones shorter ; styles 5 ; capsules cylindri- 

 cal or roundish, elongated, opening at the apex by 10 teeth ; seeds 

 numerous. — Fls. cymous, white. 



§ Petals about as long as the calyx Nos. 1, 2 



j Petals much longer than the calyx Nos. 3 — 5 



1 C. vulgatum L. Hairy, pale green, csespitous ; lvs. attenuated at base, ovate 

 or obovate, obtuse; fls. in subcapitate clusters; sep. when young, longer than the 

 pedicels. — (T) Fields and waste grounds, Can. and U. S., flowering all summer. 

 St. 6 to 12' long, ascending, mostly forked. Lvs. 5 to 8" by 3 to 5", mostly very 

 obtuse, lower ones tapering to the base. Fls. in dense, terminal clusters, the 

 terminal (central) one solitary, always the oldest. Seps. mostly green, a little 

 Bhorter than the corolla Petals white, appearing in 10 segments. 



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